Chemical constituents of methanolic extracts of Jatropha curcas L and effects on Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

The biological activity of seven extracts from leaves of different Jatropha curcas L (Euphorbiaceae) accessions was evaluated on Spodoptera frugiperda. Methanol extracts were incorporated into an artificial diet and offered to the larval stage of S. frugiperda. The parameters evaluated were length o...

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Main Authors: Sandra Santos Ribeiro, Thanany Brasil da Silva, Valéria Regina de Souza Moraes, Paulo Cesar de Lima Nogueira, Emmanoel Vilaça Costa, Antônio Rogério Bernardo, Andreia Pereira Matos, Batista Fernandes, Maria Fátima das Graças Fernandes da Silva, Ângela Maria dos Santos Pessoa, Renata Silva-Mann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Química 2012-01-01
Series:Química Nova
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422012001100022&lng=en&tlng=en